The National Grasslands in Texas, Davy Crockett Ranger District, is soliciting quotes for
boundary and leave tree marking and optional cut tree marking:The project area is located in
Compartment 14 on the Davy Crockett Ranger District. The treatment areas requiring
boundaries are within the Beaver Creek project area and consists of 18.4 miles of boundary for
thinning operations. Unit boundaries in compartment 14 have been flagged and mapped using
Avenza and Two Trails. Paper and electronic maps will be provided when work begins on the
contract. All unit boundaries of the contract will be marked in orange tracer paint with 3
diagonal slashes at DBH and 2 stump marks. Boundary trees should be marked frequently
enough to easily see marked trees in either direction along the boundary line, however the
distance between marks should be between 20’-150’ apart. Boundaries adjacent to any major
road don’t require a marked boundary as the road marks the boundary.
Leave Tree Marking
The project area is located on the Davy Crockett Ranger District. The treatment area is in the
Beaver Creek project area consisting of 10 units (236 acres) of first thinning plantations within
compartment 14 and 19. Five leave tree units are located on the Deer Hunter timber sale, three
more are located on the Hickory Creek timber sale. The last two are located in compartment 19.
Units are to be determined and maps will be provided at the time of award on the contract. Units
will be marked in orange tracer paint with a 4” full wrap breast mark and 2 stump marks for
sawtimber and 1 stump mark for pulpwood. Units in Compartment 14 will be marked to leave a
target BA of 60-70 while units in compartment 19 will be marked to leave a target BA of 80-100.
Some units will have visual quality requirements where directional marking and increases in
basal area retained is necessary.
Cut Tree Marking
The project area is located on the Davy Crockett Ranger District. The treatment area in
compartment 14 consists of 13 units totaling 271 acres. One cut tree unit is located in the Deer
Hunter timber sale and the remaining 12 on the Hickory Creek timber sale. Only pine will be
marked in compartment 14. Units will be marked in blue or yellow tracer paint and sample tree
tally cruised. Two stump marks for all marked sawtimber trees and 1 stump mark for all marked
pulpwood trees. All units will be marked to leave an average of a 60 BA. Crew must be cruiser
qualified to mark. Some units will have visual quality requirements where directional marking
and increases in basal area retained is necessary.
Trees will be selected and marked based on the description in each individual cruise plan so that
the desired basal area/acre (BA) and spacing would result after harvest.
Project Area: All of these areas are accessible by vehicle or by foot and are generally level slope
with an elevation of about 240 feet.
